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(biology) An evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.

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kin selection

Source Word

kin selection

Noun

uncountable

(biology) An evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.

Japanese Meaning

血縁選択：生物学において、個体が自分自身よりも近い血縁を持つ仲間に利益を与える進化的戦略。

In eusocial insects, kin selection explains why sterile workers care for the queen's offspring rather than reproducing themselves.

社会性昆虫では、近親を優先する進化的戦略である血縁選択が、働き蜂が自ら繁殖せず女王の子を世話する理由を説明する。

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(biology) An evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.